Ex parte CLARK et al. - Page 1




                                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                        
                          The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                                          
                          today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                                            
                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                        
                                                                                                               Paper No. 29                             

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
                                                             ________________                                                                           
                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                             ________________                                                                           
                                       Ex parte ROBERT A. CLARK and JOHN PARNALL                                                                        
                                                             ________________                                                                           
                                                           Appeal No. 96-0610                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/257,4491                                                                          
                                                             ________________                                                                           
                                                         HEARD:  July 15, 1997                                                                          
                                                             ________________                                                                           
                 Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and                                                                             
                 MEISTER and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                     
                 McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                        

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s                                                                           
                 rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 through 7 and 17 under 35 U.S.C.                                                                           
                 § 103.  All of the other claims remaining in the application                                                                           
                 have been allowed.                                                                                                                     

                          1Application for patent filed June 7, 1994.  According                                                                        
                 to appellants, this application is a continuation of                                                                                   
                 Application 08/107,119, filed August 17, 1993, now abandoned.                                                                          
                                                                         -1-                                                                            




Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007